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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 9
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Ezekiel sees the identifying of the righteous and the slaughter of all others, beginning at the Lord’s sanctuary.
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He</span> cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man <i>with</i> his destroying weapon in his hand.
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And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/9/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 15: 35; 2 Chr. 27: 3.">gate</a>, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them <i>was</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/9/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 12: 6.">clothed</a> with linen, with a <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/9/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Writing of.">writer</a>’s <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/9/2d" mark="d" type="D" title="OR inkwell.">inkhorn</a> by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/9/2e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ex. 27: 1 (1-8).">altar</a>.
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And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/9/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cherubim.">cherub</a>, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house.  And he called to the man clothed with linen, which <i>had</i> the writer’s inkhorn by his side;
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/9/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 77: 9.">foreheads</a> of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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&#182; And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
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Slay utterly old <i>and</i> young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom <i>is</i> the mark; and <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/9/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 29.">begin</a> at my sanctuary.  Then they began at the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/9/6b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB elders.">ancient</a> men which <i>were</i> before the house.
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And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth.  And they went forth, and slew in the city.
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&#182; And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
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Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah <i>is</i> exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath forsaken the earth, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/9/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 47: 10.">seeth</a> not.
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And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, <i>but</i> I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/9/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 7: 4.">recompense</a> their way upon their head.
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And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which <i>had</i> the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
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